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A Crap-Ton of Movies Were Made Into Games in 2006
How many movie-based video games come out each year? Ask most people who play games and you’ll get the same response: Too many. Because most movie-based video games suck, get it? That’s true and all, but the intersection of Hollywood and… whatever the video game version of Hollywood is is interesting. How many film-based games…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012 -
The Official Model for Mass Effect‘s Samara, Dressed Up As Samara
Today at PAX East, Stephen Totilo ran into a familiar face—Rana McAnear, the actress who provides the official model for Mass Effect‘s Asari Justicar Samara and her unhinged sex-killer daughter Morinth. He took a moment to shoot this quick video of her in her awesome Samara outfit. There’s cosplay, and then there’s the actual person…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012 -
You Might Just Be Seeing Photorealistic Graphics Like These in Tomorrow’s Video Games
These aren’t photographs. They’re screenshots created via Brigade, a realtime CPU/GPU path tracer created by Jacco Bikker. Posted on the blog of Sam Lapere—who works for cloud computing company OTOY—the details and depth-of-field effects look amazing. Lapere claims that these results rival what’s possible on today’s higher-end PCs. If we’re lucky, the PCs and, fingers…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2012 -
The Free Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack Mixes Up Multiplayer Next Week
Bummed that the extended Mass Effect 3 ending DLC won’t contain any new playable content? All the new playable content you could ever want is right around the corner; you just have to believe in multiplayer. The Resurgence Pack brings a ton of new playable characters and two fresh new maps (thank goodness) to the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2012 -
Ion Racer Stays Fun Without the Need For Speed
Though racers are a natural for a device with an accelerometer and no physical controls. Their drawback is how they handle speed. Tilting the device forward fundamentally alters your viewing angle, making fast-twitch reactions difficult for newcomers. Ion Racer (99 cents, iOS devices) a futruristic race game taking cues from WipEout, shrewdly avoids this problem…
By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012 -
This Might Be the Only Way a Live-Action Pac-Man Movie Could Ever Work
Production company Steelhouse and writer James Farr have just answered one of life’s greatest questions: How do you make a live-action film about a yellow ball with eyes that runs about a maze eating dots and ghosts without resorting to a man in a giant foam suit? The trick, it seems, was keeping Pac-Man a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2012 -
Call “Shotgun” with This Latest Max Payne 3 Weapons Trailer
Shotguns. They’re for when you really, really hate an enemy. Nothing’s better than walking right up to annoying thugs and blasting their faces, chests and limbs wide open. Or maybe that’s just me. This latest video from Rockstar Games’ upcoming noir shooter showcases the buckshot-spewing weapons that you’ll be deploying in close quarters down in…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2012 -
G.I. Joe and Cobra Hired Just About Anyone in the 80s
Meet Darklon, one of Destro’s Iron Grenadiers. He lives in a cast-iron castle in the Alps, where he dispatches his powerful mercenary army via a crack squad of telephone solicitors. That’s right, he’s Cobra’s chief telemarketer. Darklon’s bio is just one of the 20 hilariously horrible G.I. Joe and Cobra file cards featured in Patrick…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2012 -
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City‘s New “Spec Ops” DLC Will Make Good Guys Out of You Yet
I didn’t much like the squad-based shooter set in Resident Evil‘s hometown when it came out last month. But some of you all did. You’re in luck, then as Capcom’s announced new add-on content that lets you play as ORC’s would-be heroes. The U.S. Spec Ops characters— Harley, Dee-Ay, Tweed, Willow, Shona or Party Girl—…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Good Friday! Even if you’re an agnostic, this first Friday of April’s still extra special because it’s the first day of PAX East. Huzzah! Not going to the amazing games festival happening in Boston? Well, you can still have a grand ol’ time at Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2012 -
The Extended Mass Effect 3 Ending Will Add Variations, Not Choices
The ending that you get in Mass Effect 3 will have a greater likelihood of varying from the one I get starting this summer, when the people making the game release the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut The free, downloadable add-on, which was revealed by the game’s developers at BioWare on Thursday, will highlight the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 6, 2012 -
The Original Hard-Boiled, Slow-Motion Max Payne Goes Mobile Next Week
We’ve still got another month before the third installment of Max Payne hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation3 and PC. Why not spend that time reliving the original on the iPhone or iPad? In honor of the upcoming Max Payne revival, Rockstar Games is releasing a remastered version of the 2001 original for iOS devices and,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2012 -
Joe Danger Coming to iOS, Bringing Shark Wrestling With It
Slowly but surely, Hello Games’ lovable stuntman Joe Danger keeps making his way to new platforms. After debuting on PS3 and then hitting Xbox 360 last year, the Super Dave of video games will be defying death on iPads and iPhones soon. A Gamasutra interview with Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray offers up some details…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2012 -
Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Will Be Magic on the iPad
Wizards of the Coast finally realized how amazing the Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers series would be on the iPad, with Apple’s tablet joining PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live when the game’s 2013 installment launches this summer.
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2012 -
Will the Real Dakota Rose Please Stand Up?
Meet Dakota Ostrenga. You might know her by her by her online moniker, Dakota Rose. Or in Asia, she’s Kotakoti. In the last few months, she’s made a name with her photos and YouTube vids. She’s one of those Japan-inspired living dolls. Buzzfeed called her “The Real-Life Barbie”. Earlier this month, she made her debut…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2012 -
Firefall’s Intro Wants to Blow up Brazil
The cinematic intro to multiplayer PC shooter Firefall has just been released. And unlike previous pieces from the game, there’s no shooting in it whatsoever. If you live in Brazil, though, you may want to get an umbrella before watching. The forecast is for giant falling spaceships. Get More: GameTrailers.com, Firefall – Exclusive Intro HD,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2012 -
That Other XCOM Game Just Got a New Coat of Paint
While there are two official games coming based on the classic XCOM (or, really, X-Com) universe, there’s another, less official one in the pipeline as well: PC indie strategy title Xenonauts Originally unveiled in 2010, and billed as a spiritual successor to the original X-Com game, it’s just received a fairly substantial visual overhaul, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2012 -
One of Batman’s Greatest Ever Fights, Immortalised
If it wasn’t for the part where he beats the living shit out of Superman in the very same comic, the epic showdown between the Dark Knight and The Joker from Frank Miller’s 1986 classic The Dark Knight Returns might well have been Batman’s most memorable fight. Which means it’s awesome seeing its concluding moments…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2012